Level cap meta with the DLC

[Doom MD]

is the meta still to be at lvl 125-150? I'm nearly done with the game and not leveling is painful. It's tough to imagine doing the whole DLC without leveling either.

[Plantman Knows Where Plants Grow]

125-150 cap is designed to cover a specific build without allowing people to branch out into a effective hybrid build and that's locked into the equipment and spells so unless the equipment and spell formulas change dramatically it should stay the same.

[psheue]

Are you a competitive duelist? If you're not one, go nuts and level up as much as you want.

[LuckyCheshire]

Yeah unless you're planning on doing a lot more PvP than PvE, level as much as you want.

[Doom MD]

Well I like pvp and pve I just want to do everything with one character. Are people planning on playing the dlc without going beyond 125-150?

[RadioMars]

I'll try to remain at 150 and spend all the runes on items and consumables.

[SHOCKNUTZ]

i'd aim for 80-90 rune level for the dlc.

[echo_ML]

Meta level has always been the same and always will be. The only reason 125 is "meta" is because some dudes back in demon's souls days decided it.

[LuckyCheshire]

Originally posted by SHOCKNUTZ:

i'd aim for 80-90 rune level for the dlc.

...That's less than the recommended rune level for Mohg's Palace iirc, which you need to pass through to get there.

[Señor Brown]

Originally posted by Doom MD:

is the meta still to be at lvl 125-150? I'm nearly done with the game and not leveling is painful. It's tough to imagine doing the whole DLC without leveling either.

DLC will likely push meta to RL150. Since the new area appears to be locked behind Mohg, Lord of Blood, it's safe to assume that the scaling of runes received will match other end-game areas like Elphael, Farum Azula, etc. That means more runes for leveling, which means players will be completing first playthroughs at higher RLs.